HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

ESR & CRP

Support Forums
>
Rheumatoid Arthritis
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 4/13/2010 12:57 AM (GMT 0)
Hi guys! Hope you can help! Over hear in Blighty us Arthur sufferers have our ESR & CRP measured through blood tests as an indictation as to how active our Arthritis is as these measure inflamation. My CRP is 38.8 and my ESR is 31. I overheard my blood nurse make a comment to another nurse that these were high but I don't know what is normal gauge how high they really are. I overheard my Rheumy nurse saying to someone that this bloke's CRP level is normal at 3. I can't look on Google at the moment coz my PC is poorly so am having to use my mobile and Google on there just doesn't wanna work Argh! Thanks for your help Abol X
Posted 4/13/2010 3:21 AM (GMT 0)
I have my lab report handy and it says in range ESR is 0-22 mm/hr. In range CRP is <0.8mgs/dl So yours is pretty elevated.
Posted 4/14/2010 4:51 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for your help wearyRAsufferer! XXX
Posted 5/29/2010 11:49 AM (GMT 0)
Hi, I don't think your ESR and CPR are anything to worry about. The range for ESR 0-22 is for a person with no evidence of inflamination. 30 is not much over. My highest reading was a whopping 1560. My CPR was up really high too, but I don't remember what it was.

Just thought I'd pipe up and let you know there is no need to be scared by big numbers. At the moment I am around 25 and going well. Even when the reading was very high I was able to get around. So take heart and don't take to much notice of the figures. I don't take any notice of them these days.
Best wishes

debbie
Posted 5/30/2010 2:22 AM (GMT 0)
Maybe no reason for alarm but it does spell out that your disease is active- hope you can get it controlled!
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply